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More Details of BT Mobile’s Forthcoming UK Price and Packages Surface

18th May, 2026 (20 Comments)

Over a week has passed since BT announced the revival of their BT Mobile brand for basic 30 day rolling SIM Only contracts with capped data allowances (here), which will only be available to BT’s Consumer broadband customers (unlimited data and handset bundles remain EE’s domain). But ISPreview has now managed to uncover more details of the provider’s mobile plans.

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BT Set to Move G.Fast UK Broadband Customers to SOGEA Platform

16th May, 2026 (31 Comments)

Credible sources have informed ISPreview that UK ISP BT (EE) are preparing to migrate their remaining base of over 20,000 customers on Openreach’s hybrid fibre G.fast “ultrafast broadband” network to the equivalent digital SOGEA (formerly SOGFAST) platform. The change is due to the looming closure of the old analogue phone network (PSTN / WLR).

Openreach Reveal New Closure Dates for Two UK Pilot Exchange Exits UPDATE

15th May, 2026 (16 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has confirmed new closure dates for the two legacy exchanges in Ballyclare (9,500 premises in N.Ireland) and Kenton Road (9,500 premises in London), which were originally due to be switched off on 30th November 2025. The new Network Cease Date for both has now been set back almost a year to 2nd of November 2026.

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BT and Openreach Prep UK Network Protections for 2026 FIFA World Cup

14th May, 2026 (4 Comments)

The FIFA World Cup 2026 is getting closer and as part of that Openreach and BT have announced a “UK wide network service protection period” for their national broadband services, which will be in place from 11th June to 19th July 2026. The measures are designed to help mitigate an expected increase in network demand and to avoid changes that may disrupt match viewing.

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Vodafone Attract Most Ofcom UK Complaints for Broadband and O2 for Mobile – Q4 2025

11th May, 2026 (7 Comments)

Ofcom has today published their latest quarterly (Q4 2025) study of UK consumer telecoms and TV complaints, which finds that Vodafone attracted the most complaints from customers for fixed broadband services, while O2 came top of the naughty table for Mobile services and EE did the same for Pay TV.

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Gov Detail First Public Funding to Boost Gigabit Broadband for Urban UK Areas

11th May, 2026 (0 Comments)

The UK Government has this morning confirmed that their recent modification to Openreach’s (BT) Call Off 5 contract for Essex and North East England (here) will be the “first Project Gigabit contract to target pockets of poor connectivity in towns and cities“, as well as the countryside. Over 9,500 extra premises in Essex “burdened with older broadband” will benefit from the £8.3m expansion (public subsidy).

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Openreach List 238 More UK Areas for Copper to Full Fibre Switch – Tranche 24

11th May, 2026 (20 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has today published a huge batch of 238 exchanges (Tranche 24) – covering 1.69 million premises – under their “FTTP Priority Exchange” stop sell programme, which reflects areas where over 75% of premises are able to get full fibre lines and will thus stop selling copper based legacy phone and broadband products (i.e. FTTP becomes the only product option, where it’s available).

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Openreach Expand FTTP Builds for Three Project Gigabit UK Broadband Contracts UPDATE2

8th May, 2026 (2 Comments)

The UK government has posted contract modifications for three of Openreach’s Project Gigabit contracts – Call Off 1 (Lancashire, West Berkshire, Staffordshire, Surrey, Hertfordshire, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire), Call Off 5 (Essex and North East England) and Call Off 3 (North Herefordshire, North Wales, Shropshire and South West Wales). The move expands their planned deployments of full fibre broadband ISP networks into rural areas.

BT Refreshes UK Consumer Brands and Relaunches BT Mobile Service

7th May, 2026 (42 Comments)

Broadband and telecoms giant BT Group has this afternoon confirmed last week’s leak (here) by announcing somewhat of a UK consumer brand resuscitation for BT and a refresh for their other consumer divisions (EE and Plusnet). The move will, among other things, revive their BT Mobile brand for basic 30 day rolling SIM Only contracts and introduces free security upgrades for home users.

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NET CHECK Awards Vodafone UK as London’s Best Mobile Network for 2026

5th May, 2026 (2 Comments)

Broadband and mobile operator Vodafone UK has, for the third year running, topped a new network benchmarking study of 4G and 5G (mobile broadband and calls) performance across London, which was conducted by the Berlin-based NET CHECK group. But sadly Three UK found themselves at the bottom of the study.

BT Mobile UK Brand Tipped for Revival Next Week by UK Telecoms Giant UPDATE

30th April, 2026 (30 Comments)

The CEO of BT Group, Allison Kirkby, is reportedly set to revive the BT Mobile brand next week for consumers alongside a new “Brilliant Things” slogan and major advertising campaign. The move is expected to mark another step back from the telecoms and broadband giants prior strategy of turning EE into the group’s “flagship brand for our consumer customers“.

Ofcom Investigates BT Over Accuracy of UK Telecoms Information Requests

29th April, 2026 (2 Comments)

The telecoms regulator has this morning opened a new investigation into BT, which will examine whether the information they provided in relation to a range of data – concerning the experience of customers who have entered into an agreement or placed an order for fixed phone and broadband services from EE and Plusnet – was accurate.

Biannual April 2026 Progress Update on BT’s 10Mbps UK Broadband USO

29th April, 2026 (12 Comments)

Internet provider BT has today published the biannual (April 2026) progress update on their delivery of Ofcom’s somewhat limited 10Mbps Universal Service Obligation (USO) for broadband. The provider has so far helped to build a USO connection to over 9,089 premises (up from 8,553 in Oct 2025) – using FTTP, with 461 further builds in-progress (up sharply from 186).

EE UK Launch Upgraded AI Scam Guard Service to Protect Mobile Users

29th April, 2026 (2 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator EE (BT) has today launched an upgraded version of their existing ‘Scam Guard‘ add-on, which is a network-level security defence that was first launched in July 2024 and has already stopped 169 million scam and spam attempts (here). The hope is that the upgraded add-on will “prevent at least twice as many scams” over the next 12-months.

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Boldyn to Deliver 4G Mobile for Emergency Services Network on London Underground

28th April, 2026 (0 Comments)

Digital infrastructure firm Boldyn Networks has, perhaps unsurprisingly, today been selected to deliver 4G mobile network (mobile broadband) infrastructure to enable the Emergency Services Network (ESN) across the London Underground. The deal reflects a collaboration with EE (BT), Transport for London (TfL) and the UK’s Home Office.

Openreach Pilot Emergency UK Phone Lines for 2027 Analogue Switch-Off

27th April, 2026 (18 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today begun to inform UK broadband and phone providers about a new pilot called Emergency Voice Access (EVAc), which is intended to be a basic voice-only fallback service for copper lines (WLR) that fail to be migrated in time for the switch-off of analogue phone (PSTN / WLR) services.

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Airborne UK 5G Mobile Broadband Network Enters Install Phase with BT

27th April, 2026 (1 Comment)

Aircraft manufacturer Britten-Norman has announced that their efforts with World Mobile Stratospheric to develop advanced airborne 5G mobile connectivity system, which could be used to help extend mobile broadband coverage into remote rural areas or to provide coverage during disasters, has progressed beyond R&D and to the installation phase.